plagiarize
verb (used with object)
to take and use by plagiarism.
had plagiarized
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past perfectof plagiarize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And during Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s 2017 confirmation hearings, some media outlets claimed that President Donald Trump’s nominee had plagiarized parts of his 2006 book about assisted suicide.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
But Ackman went further when he circulated a story to his 1.1 million followers on X that Gay had plagiarized up to 40 passages in her past academic work.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2024
Allegations that Galves had plagiarized parts of the academic report submitted for a computer engineering degree emerged on social media.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2023
A few days later she posted a letter on Twitter that said the accusation was “based on lies and defamations” and alleged that the other student, Edgar Ulises Báez Gutiérrez, had plagiarized her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
One paper advised him to read "Hodden;" another said he had plagiarized from that popular writer.
From One Day's Courtship by Robert Barr
